LEHIGH VS MARIST
- January 10, 2026
- Bethlehem, Pa.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Courtesy: Lehigh Sports
BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Lehigh women’s swimming & diving hosted the final meet at Jacobs Pool of the season on Saturday afternoon. The Mountain Hawks defeated Marist 215-84.
Senior Mairin Ludwig took home three of Lehigh’s fourteen event wins. She first won the 200-yard freestyle, touching in 1:54.47. She handily championed the 200-yard individual medley with a 2:06.66 swim. She also swam 5:05.43 to win the 500-yard freestyle. Lehigh also placed in that event, as Darrah Shuff took second (5:16.11).
Caitlin Deitch also won three individual events, and Lehigh took the top two spots in all of them. The senior first took the win in the 200-yard butterfly, swimming 2:06.25. She was trailed by sophomore Clara Moschella, who swam 2:10.58. Deitch led the field in the 100-yard freestyle, where she won in 53.04. First-year Genevieve Cody was not far behind, finishing second (53.63). Her final win came in the 200-yard backstroke, where the Mountain Hawks swept the podium. Deitch swam 57.17 to win, she was followed once again by Moschella (58.06), and sophomore Annie Gao came third (59.14).
Sophomore Claire Coughlin took home a trio of top two finishes against the Red Foxes. She first secured the win in the 1000-yard freestyle, swimming 10:52.98 and gapping the field by almost 12 seconds. The next finisher behind her was her teammate Caitlin Hofmann, who swam 11:04.43. Coughlin also won the 200-yard backstroke event, where Lehigh swept the top three spots. Coughlin’s 2:08.48 just beat out first-years Eliza Johnson and Bonita Zuo, who swam 2:08.61 and 2:09.46, respectively. The battle between Coughlin and Johnson was a continuation from earlier in the meet, where Johnson (59.46) beat Coughlin (59.75) to champion the 100-yard backstroke.
Lehigh’s remaining win came in the 50-yard freestyle. Cody touched in 24.41, narrowly beating teammate and fellow first-year Giselle Michaels (24.91) for first.
The Mountain Hawks were victorious in both relay events. They first won the 200-yard medley relay, where the team of Johnson, sophomore Zoe Davies, Moschella, and Cody swam 1:46.56. Lehigh closed the meet with a win in the 400-yard freestyle relay. Deitch, Ludwig, Cody, and Michaels were the team that swam 3:31.79 to win.
Kate Whitaker dominated the diving events, winning both heights. At one-meter, her score of 226.13 was eight hundredths more than second, narrowly giving her the victory. The junior also won at three-meters, scoring 255.90. First-year Jayden Yochai also made the podium in that event, placing third with a score of 223.05.
Lehigh next competes in two weeks on Saturday, January 24. The Mountain Hawks will travel to Bucknell to compete in their final dual meet of the season.
BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Lehigh men’s swimming & diving hosted Marist for the final home meet at Jacobs Pool on Saturday afternoon. The Mountain Hawks defeated the Red Foxes 218-62.
Lehigh won every event at the meet, including four where all podium spots were Mountain Hawks.
A trio of sophomores were the biggest contributors for Lehigh, as Will Pestrichelli, Jack Deppe, and Tristan Ronayne were the only three Mountain Hawks to win multiple individual swimming events. Ronayne dominated the backstroke events, as he won both. He swam 1:52.09 to win over 200-yards, and touched at 51.38 to win at the 100-yard distance. He narrowly edged out teammate Ben Kisker, as the senior placed second at 51.48. Pestrichelli owned the distance events, as he took home wins in the 1000-yard and 500-yard freestyle events. He opened the meet winning the 1000, his 9:46.33 finish narrowly beat out first-year teammate TJ Hayes’ time of 9:46.80. Over 500-yards, his time of 4:42.22 led two other Mountain Hawks to a podium sweep. Junior Owen Higinbotham (4:47.69) and first-year Braeden Roach (4:47.73) placed second and third, respectively. Deppe’s wins both came over 200-yards. He first championed that distance swimming freestyle, where he finished in 1:43.21. He led teammates Will Moon (1:43.87) and Roach (1:44.87), who earned the final two spots in the top three. Deppe’s other win came in the individual medley, where he swam 1:53.38. Following him was first-year Andrew Takach, who placed second with a time of 1:57.98.
Takach secured two other top two finishes in his other events. He won the 200-yard breaststroke, swimming 2:06.56. He also placed second in the 100-yard breaststroke, where Lehigh owned all three podium spots. That event was led by first-year Spencer Ridge (59.37), who narrowly edged out Takach (59.58) and sophomore Jared Rabadam (1:00.64).
Rabadam got his win in the 100-yard butterfly, where he touched at 51.70. Lehigh also took third thanks to Aaron Williams (52.91), one of two third place finishes for the senior. His other came in the 50-yard freestyle, as he was one of three Mountain Hawks to reach the top three. The others were sophomores Chase Bearley and Davis Woerner. Bearley placed first at 21.10, and Woerner earned second with a 21.47-second finish.
The remaining two individual swimming wins by Mountain Hawks were in the 200-yard butterfly and 100-yard freestyle. The butterfly was won by first year Spencer Campbell, who finished in 1:54.81. Sophomore Frankie Prekop won the 100-yard freestyle, who’s time of 47.15 narrowly beat out Deppe’s 47.21.
The Mountain Hawks bookended the meet with two relay wins. The team of Kisker, Ridge, Williams, and Bearley won the 200-yard medley relay in 1:34.14. In the 400-yard freestyle relay, Prekop, Woerner, Bearley, and Deppe swam a relay time of 3:07.64 to win.
On the diving board, graduate student Jack Grotke swept both events to earn his first wins of the season. He scored 190.13 at the one-meter height, then followed it up by scoring 157.58 at three-meters.
This clinched Lehigh’s first winning season in six years.
“This team continues to work and race in a way that makes me proud to be part of this team,” said head coach Rob Herb. “We expected a closer meet, but due to some illness and injuries that was not the case. However, our athletes continue to push as hard as they can, regardless of the level of competition. At times, they raced each other harder than we’ve seen all year long. This is a testament of the type of student-athletes that we have on this program. They love to race and compete and will step up in every situation. It’s great to be a swimming and diving Mountain Hawk!”
Lehigh next competes in two weeks on Saturday, January 24. The Mountain Hawks will travel to Bucknell to compete in their final dual meet of the season.
